Episodes
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
#WTF2016 ? Living The Dream takes the down bound Trump Train out of here
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
In this episode of Living the Dream Jon (@jonpiccini) and Dave (@withsobersenses) talk about the weird as hell political environment of the Age of Trump. Was 2016 the worst year ever? Are we caught in the midst of a rising reactionary wave? And why do the failures of the liberal establishment feel to so many people to be failures of the Left? (And what is the Left? Are we the Left?) What’s with the amateur sociology about voting demographics that is everywhere now? Do we really have to choose between identity politics and Left economic populism? Where can we draw hope from and what about the historical experience of working class anti-racism? All this and more!
Articles/organisations we refer to include:
Behind the News with Doug Henwood
Hard Crackers From A Small New England Town As Told To Noel Ignatiev
KING: There’s a huge education level drop-off with the Trump cabinet picks
Tsiolkas - The Second Coming The Politics Of Rage Won’t Let Us Listen To One Another
Many in Milwaukee Neighborhood Didn’t Vote — and Don’t Regret It
Revolutionary Hillbilly: An Interview With Hy Thurman of the Young Patriots Organization
Ghassan Hage – Recalling anti-racism
Knives out for Hanson staffer Ashby, accused of profiting off candidates
The great student swindle: how young people are being ripped off
Music by Sharon Jones and Dap-kings and Joe Pug
And watch this footage of this amazing meeting between the Black Panthers and the Young Patriots.
Sunday Dec 11, 2016
Living the Dream whilst Organising in Your Workplace
Sunday Dec 11, 2016
Sunday Dec 11, 2016
In this episode of Living The Dream, Dave (@withsobersenses ) chats with Carmen about the Workplace Organising 101 training she recently provided in Brisbane. Carmen talks about the purpose and structure of this training, its relationship to anarcho-syndicalism and reflects critically on the contribution it can play to developing our collective power and overcoming capitalism.
Organisations mentioned include:
Freie Arbeiterinnen- und Arbeiter-Union (FAU)
Music by Dolly Parton and Marianne Faithful
Wednesday Dec 07, 2016
Living the Dream has an #altright time in Melbourne
Wednesday Dec 07, 2016
Wednesday Dec 07, 2016
In this episode of Living the Dream Dave (@withsobersenses) chats with Kieran (@Kieran Bennett) about a recent Melbourne counter-rally to a Trump celebration rally ostensibly organised by #altright types and attended by local fascists and neo-Nazis. From here Kieran lets us know who is who in the fascist zoo in Australia, the social phenomena behind the far-right and we discuss what a relevant anti-capitalist practice might be that can defeat the fascists and offer a genuine emancipatory alternative to the issues that we all face.
Kieran blogs at Kieran’s Review and is a member (of the perhaps soon to be rebranded) Anarchist Affinity
Articles and things we refer to include:
Ghassan Hage – Recalling Anti-racism
Ben Hillier – ‘All that is holy was profaned’: the year that was, and the politics we need (Ben recommends you also read ‘Post-truth politics’ isn’t peak populism, it’s peak liberal capitalism and suggests that my read of his argument is wrong.)